Well in my opinion I have to say that is true here is not as strong as it is in other Latin American countries even we don’t feel patriots and only think these days like a “one more holiday”. Besides a lot of young people don’t respect the native people.
In the first place have to say that I learn a lot of this people in the school but I don’t remember very well about their culture. But I know the essential things. In addition to this I have to say I feel terrible the treatment that actual Chileans give to the native people is very annoying.
Secondly I have to mention that I can’t put in their place, because I don’t know too much about their culture, only the basic and the antique things like their games, their rituals or their organizations, only things that I learn in the school and now they are a bit different.
On the other hand I think that this people are Chileans too the only difference is that they are more connected with the nature than us, and that is a good thing because we are lose a lot of this connections with animals, nature and our origin. Apart from that, I feel proud to be Chilean when local people helps each other or with the campaigns where people gives money to help to the children or the old people.
On the other hand exist some facts that make me feel ashamed to be Chilean, things like the delinquency, some political decisions, the bullying on the schools, the drugs traffic and sometimes the police abuse. That is very annoying.
To conclude and taking everything in consideration we totally lost our Chilean culture because I think that people have to feel Chileans everyday not only in the national holiday or when Chile plays some important match of football or tennis. We are Chileans and we have to accept that everyday.